The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-04-07
MISCELLANEOUS.

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established in the State prison at Guar
ajuato, Mex.
"A wonderful gold mine has bee
discovered in Sonora. Mex. The miner
get pure metal by breaking the quart
with hammers.
DR.. johnson once, speaking of
quarreisOme fellow, said: IF he ha,
two ideas in his head they would fal
out with each other"
Experience in Glasgow hospita
has taught DIR. j. S. Marine that boile,
or fried fish is a dangerous diet TO
weak persons, but that steamed fish i
harmless.
American tourists are invsdin;
Mexico, and the Mexican Financiel
says business is booming there and tina
the new railroads are proving n gOot
investment.
AN exchange mentions a button
that works on the principle of cork
screw. Now let it explain what cork
screw is and we shall all know all about
it.
An odd burglary occurred at West.
chester. n. Y, recently. where thieves
stole the forms of paper which were
ready for the press. Newspaper rivalry
is the supposed cause.
"A chronological journal has pict-
ure of skull showing large parent
al love" The spectacle of skull
exhibiting large parental love must be
very touching sight.
1t was the young man from the
provinces who sent bride handsome
present of silver engraved Nv. P"
Asked what the initials meant. he inno-
Gently explained they stood for ''wed-
ding present.
"A gentleman living near Winter
vile, Ga. is said to own Texas pony
that sports a well developed mustache
"a heavy one, very much resembling
one on human face. 1t is on the horses
upper lip, and gives him quite strange
appearance.
According to Scandinavian tradi-
ton, the swallow lowered over the cross
of our Lord, crying "SUala! Sralar
Console! consoleD whence it was called
SUdloU, the bird of consolation. There
is curious story that this bird brings
home from the seashore stone that
gives sight to her fledglings.
Lowell has a woman "milkman. :"
She was left with several children to
care for, so she leased small farm and
started the milk business. At first she
delivered the milk herself. Her bust
ness now warrants the employment of
driver. and she seems to be prosper
ing. She is womanly woman, and no
less ''lady'' for making so brave a
fight for an honorable living.-LoWeH
Citizen.
The use of the gall of rattlesnakes
is warmly urged by NJ. Koscicky. of
Austria, as an antidote for snake bites.
M. Koscicky, who became acquainted
with the antidote at Venezuela, de-
clares it to be both inexpensive and eff
fective, as well as instantaneous in its
operation, crows and dogs in the last
stage of the poison recovering imme-
diately on the remedy being admins
tered to them.
"A false bottom was accidentally
discovered in a case of Italian wine at
the Boston Custom House a few days
ago. revealing several old paintings.
An examination showed that the whole
consignment of fourteen cases had been
similarly fixed up. The persons who
were about to receive the wine, upon
which the duty had been paid, disap-
peared.
"A very remarkable operation has
just been performed by Mr.. Keetley at
the West London Hospital. A child
was brought in having large mole
covering nearly the whole of its cheek.
He transplanted the mole by exchange.
That is, he removed the mole from the
cheek to the arm and planted flesh
from the arm on the cheek. Every
thing succeeded perfectly.
-Newton's Principal was published
two hundred years ago this year, and
an American correspondent of the Lon
don Attengum suggests that the bicen-
tenary be celebrated in some suitable
way. 'Let the Royal Society,"" he
says, "Or the British Association-but
the former-give us a history
of science from the year 16S7-the year
in which the immortal Principal issued
from the press.-N. Y. Examiner.